Re: [RFC PATCH] Kernel Tracepoints (update)

From: Mathieu Desnoyers
Date: Thu Jul 03 2008 - 11:47:36 EST


* Masami Hiramatsu (mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> Hi Mathieu,
>
> I found a bug.
> Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> [...]
>
> > +/*
> > + * Remove the tracepoint from the tracepoint hash table. Must be called with
> > + * mutex_lock held.
> > + */
> > +static int remove_tracepoint(const char *name)
> > +{
> > + struct hlist_head *head;
> > + struct hlist_node *node;
> > + struct tracepoint_entry *e;
> > + int found = 0;
> > + size_t len = strlen(name) + 1;
> > + u32 hash = jhash(name, len-1, 0);
> > +
> > + head = &tracepoint_table[hash & ((1 << TRACEPOINT_HASH_BITS)-1)];
> > + hlist_for_each_entry(e, node, head, hlist) {
> > + if (!strcmp(name, e->name)) {
> > + found = 1;
> > + break;
> > + }
> > + }
> > + if (!found)
> > + return -ENOENT;
>
> before removing, you have to ensure refcount == 0. So,
> if (e->refcount != 0)
> return -EBUSY;
>

Ah, right, I had


if (e->single.func != __mark_empty_function)
return -EBUSY;

in the markers to test this and did not replace this test.

Thanks,

Mathieu

> > + hlist_del(&e->hlist);
> > + /* Make sure the call_rcu has been executed */
> > + if (e->rcu_pending)
> > + rcu_barrier();
> > + kfree(e);
> > + return 0;
> > +}
>
> Thank you,
>
> --
> Masami Hiramatsu
>
> Software Engineer
> Hitachi Computer Products (America) Inc.
> Software Solutions Division
>
> e-mail: mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx
>

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